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The Handmaid's Tale 100 Key Quotations Revision Organiser
An A3 sheet containing 100 key quotations in chronological order from The Handmaid’s Tale alongside brief explanations.
Students find this useful.
Start with asking students to RAG rate.
Red - Little understanding/unlikely to use in an essay
Amber - Some understanding/some chance of using in an essay
Green - Good understanding/likely to use in an essay
After this, I would ask students to group quotations in terms of different themes such as the following:
The Body
Rebellion
Duality
Fertility
Relationships between adults and children Grade 8 response Romeo and Juliet.
Grade 8 response exploring how Shakespeare presents the relationships between adults and children in Romeo and Juliet.
The Handmaid's Tale 100 Key Quotations
100 Key quotations for The Handmaid’s Tale on one A3 for ease of printing and to assist revision.
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Macbeth Model responses
A range of high grade responses on Macbeth. All responses aim to be critical and convincing with judicious use of references and perceptive analysis of methods aligned closely with authorial motives.
She Walks in Beauty Annotated
High level annotations for She Walks in Beauty by Byron that features in the Eduqas and Edexcel anthologies.
The Handmaid's Tale - Annotations of key extracts - 200+ slides
Over 200 slides with detailed notes, questions and annotations for key extracts and chapters across the novel.
Romeo and Juliet Character Revision Sheets
A collection of character revision sheets covering the main characters in Romeo and Juliet. Suitable for all exam boards.
Grade 9 Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's relationship
Grade 9 full mark exam-style response exploring Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s relationship across the play
Macbeth Revision
A revision sheet containing detailed high-end analysis of 13 quotations focused on the character of Macbeth from across the play to help chart his descent.
Each explanation covers A01, A02 and A03 of the mark scheme.
Also includes 42 cards for a game of taboo.
Eduqas Poetry Commenting on Structure
Students often find it difficult to find interesting things to say about the structure of each poem. This resource collates relevant comments about the structure of each poem onto one handy printable sheet to assist with revision for the Eduqas poetry exam.
Lady Macbeth Revision
A revision sheet/visual aid containing high level analysis of 13 key Lady Macbeth quotations from across the play.
Cozy Apologia
Detailed annotations of Rita Dove’s Cozy Apologia for the Eduqas poetry anthology. Aimed at students looked to reach grades 7-9.
Power and Conflict Revision Sheets
15 page printable revision booklet with a revision sheet for each of the 15 Power and Conflict Poems.
Each revision sheet contains high-level analysis of the key quotations from the poem. A02 and A03 are embedded into the explanations.
Also includes a ‘because, but, so’ summary of every poem.
The ‘because, but, so’ method is an excellent tool for teaching students to think analytically about each poem in the Power and Conflict anthology. This tool is powerful because it encourages students to expand their thinking with precision and detail.
After studying each poem, I ask students to write a ‘because, but, so’ paragraph on it.
Also includes a 90 question quiz with answers.
This document collates ‘because, but, so’ paragraphs on all 15 poems as examples to assist students with revising the key ideas in each poem.
Also contains a second quiz with 10 multiple choice questions on every poem. Answer sheet also included.
My most comprehensive resource on Power and Conflict poetry is available here with revision posters on every poem:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/power-and-conflict-revision-sheets-12884928
Macbeth Revision Clock Lesson
In this fast paced Macbeth revision lesson, students look at 12 key scenes from the play and quickly jot down the key ideas and significance of each scene onto the revision clock. Ideal for a revision lesson or an intervention session.
Also includes 42 taboo cards.
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Appositive Phrases for English literature
Using appositive phrases in your English literature responses will improve the sophistication of your writing. If used correctly, they will impress your examiner. Here are some examples on how to use appositive phrases when writing about the 6 main characters in the following texts:
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
A Christmas Carol
An Inspector Calls
Lord of the Flies
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'Because, But, So' for GCSE English Literature Texts
If you want your students to write better exam responses which demonstrates more depth to their thinking, you should consider using the ‘because, but, so’ method from the writing revolution.
This resource collates a wide range of exemplar ‘because, but, so’ paragraphs on the most popular GCSE English literature texts for AQA;
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
A Christmas Carol
An Inspector Calls
Power and Conflict
After studying the wide range of models, students should gain the ability to write their own ‘because, but, so’ paragraphs in the same style.
Eduqas PowerPoint annotations for all 18 poems
I have collated my annotations for all 18 Eduqas poems onto one PowerPoint. Each slide is animated with the annotations appearing with each mouse click to work through each poem chronologically. Naturally, teachers will want to adapt the annotations to suit the abilities of their students but this PowerPoint acts as a great starting point.
The annotations were aimed at lower ability sets working towards grades 4 and 5.
For higher ability classes looking for more in depth annotations, try my grade 9 revision sheets which are available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12958233
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Eduqas Poetry Revision
Detailed revision sheets on all 18 poems from the Eduqas poetry anthology aimed at students looking to improve the quality of their inferences to reach grades 7-9.
Also contains printable revision sheets covering the structure and context for all 18 poems.
Mametz Wood line by line annotations
Line by line or stanza by stanza high level annotations for Mametz Wood by Owen Sheers for the Eduqas poetry anthology.
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Power and Conflict Revision Sheets
15 revision sheets covering the 15 poems from the Power and Conflict AQA collection. It comes as 15 separate sheets or as an easy to print 15 page booklet.
Each sheet contains detailed analysis of a range of key quotations aimed at grade 7-9 students.
There is a handy A4 printable revision sheet for every poem:
Charge of the light brigade
My Last Duchess
Storm on the Island
Exposure
War Photographer
Tissue
London
Remains
Ozymandias
Poppies
Prelude
The Emigree
Checking out me history
Bayonet Charge
Kamikaze
Also includes notes on essential context and how to comment on structure.